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Fla. Stat. § 918.015 (2025)
Right to speedy trial.
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918.015 Right to speedy trial.—
(1) In all criminal prosecutions the state and the defendant shall each have the right to a speedy trial.
(2) The Supreme Court shall, by rule of said court, provide procedures through which the right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by subsection (1) and by s. 16, Art. I of the State Constitution, shall be realized.
Note.—Former s. 916.01.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1971–2026 · leading case: Fulk v. State, 417 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).
Fulk v. State, 417 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). “In its inception, the legislature passed section 918.015(1), Florida Statutes (1982), which purported to give the accused in a criminal case a statutory right to a speedy trial, separate and apart from the constitutional speedy trial guaranteed by article I, section 16 of the…”
Sherrod v. Franza, 427 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 1983). “In 1971 the legislature enacted section 918.015(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.”
RJA v. Foster, 603 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1992). “" § 918.015(2), Fla. Stat. (1991). [4] Thus, in the case of adult criminal prosecutions, there is no statute that sets specific speedy trial time limits.”
Monroe v. State, 978 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “Relying upon section 918.015(2), Florida Statutes (1997), he contends that the supreme court is required to provide procedures assuring that the right to a speedy is realized.”
In Re Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 245 So. 2d 33 (Fla. 1971). “Section 918.015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: "918.”
State v. Earnest, 265 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 1st DCA 1972). “" F.S. § 918.015(2), F.S.A. "The supreme court shall, by rule of said court, provide procedures through which the right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by subsection (1) and by § 16, Art.”
Sherrod v. Franza, 396 So. 2d 1136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). “The right to speedy trial is codified in Section 918.015, Florida Statutes (1979).”
Foster v. State, 596 So. 2d 1099 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). “The legislative expansion of the force element to vague "post-taking force" in the amended definition of robbery necessarily prevents the possibility of constitutional convictions for separate "force" offenses occurring after a taking for which a robbery conviction is also…”
State v. Moss, 395 So. 2d 561 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). “We hold this clear waiver was sufficient to waive for an indefinite period of time [2] the defendant's speedy trial rights under article I, section 16, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, under the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution, under section…”
State v. Antonietti, 558 So. 2d 192 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). “Under these circumstances, we find no error in the trial court's determination that the defendant's speedy trial rights were violated based on the state's failure to bring the defendant to trial within the speedy trial period; failure to show that speedy trial time was tolled…”
O'BRYAN v. State, 326 So. 2d 83 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “; § 918.015, F.S. 1971; In re Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 245 So.”
Spurlock v. Cycmanick, 584 So. 2d 1015 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). “The Supreme Court of Florida adopted concepts involved in the words employed in the speedy trial rule at the special and express direction of the legislature to implement the right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the Constitution of the State of Florida [9] ( see § 918.015(2),…”
— 918.015(1) — 2 cases
Fulk v. State, 417 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). “In its inception, the legislature passed section 918.015(1), Florida Statutes (1982), which purported to give the accused in a criminal case a statutory right to a speedy trial, separate and apart from the constitutional speedy trial guaranteed by article I, section 16 of the…”
Robert Alan McCartney v. the State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2024).
— 918.015(2) — 8 cases
Sherrod v. Franza, 427 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 1983). “In 1971 the legislature enacted section 918.015(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.”
RJA v. Foster, 603 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1992). “" § 918.015(2), Fla. Stat. (1991). [4] Thus, in the case of adult criminal prosecutions, there is no statute that sets specific speedy trial time limits.”
Fulk v. State, 417 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). “In its inception, the legislature passed section 918.015(1), Florida Statutes (1982), which purported to give the accused in a criminal case a statutory right to a speedy trial, separate and apart from the constitutional speedy trial guaranteed by article I, section 16 of the…”
Monroe v. State, 978 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “Relying upon section 918.015(2), Florida Statutes (1997), he contends that the supreme court is required to provide procedures assuring that the right to a speedy is realized.”
State v. Earnest, 265 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 1st DCA 1972). “" F.S. § 918.015(2), F.S.A. "The supreme court shall, by rule of said court, provide procedures through which the right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by subsection (1) and by § 16, Art.”
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